Dhaka: Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has sharply criticized those who raised questions about the election, saying the Awami League has been serving the country four times with the support of the people and not with the kindness or generosity of anyone. The Awami League has survived in power because it works for the welfare of the people and the development of the country. Those who nourish terrorism, corruption, militancy and kill people from power, who cannot do welfare of the country, the party which was born in the hands of illegal occupiers of power - why should the people of the country vote for them (BNP)?
She said there have been many attempts and conspiracies to oust the Awami League since 2008. Without public support, conspiracies can be hatched to assassinate, but it is not possible to come to power or survive. So the more the Awami League is manipulated or conspired, the stronger the roots of the Awami League's public support will be - everyone must remember this. Every time the Awami League has come to power with the support of the people, it has worked for the welfare and welfare of the people, the people of which are also getting good results. Despite so many atrocities, tortures and killings, the Awami League has survived only with the support of the people.
On Tuesday (November 3) afternoon, on the occasion of the bloody November 3 Jail Murder Day, the Prime Minister joined a discussion meeting organized by the Awami League at the central office on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital through video conference from Ganobhaban. They are not sitting. Despite the events of August 15 and November 3, they could not enjoy power because of the people, this is their biggest anger.
She said that the political parties (BNP, Jatiya Party) formed by seizing power illegally can never benefit the country and the nation. They use power to shape their own destiny, the people get nothing. The Awami League is the only political party in the country which was born from the soil and people of the country, so the roots of the Awami League are very deep. As soon as the Awami League comes to power, the country improves, the welfare of the people of the country, and the world can move its head high - we have proved it.
Awami League General Secretary and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader made an introductory speech at a discussion meeting at the central end of Bangabandhu Avenue. Most of the central leaders, allies and leaders of fraternal organizations of the Awami League were present at the time. Awami League's publicity and publication secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap conducted the meeting from the Ganobhaban end. At the beginning of the meeting, on 15 August, 3 November, a minute of silence was observed in memory of the martyrs of all democratic movements including the liberation war of 1971.
Responding to criticism of those questioning the election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said many may have forgotten that Khaleda Zia was forced to resign in just one and a half months after the farcical election in the February 15, 1996. When Khaleda Zia came to power, she made the country a five-time world champion in corruption and created Bangla Bhai and militancy. Khaleda Zia came to power in 1991 with the help of Jamaat. The people of the country did not vote for Khaleda Zia in the 1996 elections because of vote theft. When the Awami League is in power, it works for the people of the country, the country improves, the country moves forward, the destiny of the people changes - the people have repeatedly supported us in the elections because we have proved it.
She said there is a class in the country whose job is to criticize the government. After the assassination of Bangabandhu, Zia, Ershad and then Khaleda Zia came to power illegally. Their main goal was to create corruption, terrorism, militancy, murder and conflict in the society. Through this they have tried to stay in power. She asked the question, how was the election during the time of Zia-Ershad and Khaleda Zia? 10 Honda 20 Gunda election held. In 2001, the Awami League did not lose the election, it was defeated by conspiracy. And Khaleda Zia listed with one crore 23 lakh fake voters.
Mentioning that the 1/11 was created in the country due to terrorism, corruption and militancy of the BNP-Jamaat alliance government, the Prime Minister said this caretaker government was also formed by Khaleda Zia. Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed was brought in by Khaleda Zia and made the Governor of Bangladesh Bank. Khaleda Zia also made Moyen U Ahmed, the army chief by superseding 9 senior generals. They were all his favorite people. But the caretaker government came and tried to form a new party. The one to whom I gave the Grameen mobile phone license. Attempts were made to form a new party with Muhammad Yunus and the editor of the Daily Star, but the people did not support it.
In this context, she further said, another person who has died (Ferdous Ahmed Quraishi), I do not want to say anything about him, he was also trying to form the Kings Party. But even there the people did not respond. That government arrested me first. But the caretaker government was forced to hold elections under international pressure including Awami League leaders and activists, supporters and people of various classes and professions. At that time a class had the idea that no party would get a majority, but the people of the country got to win the Awami League by a huge margin. Since then, we have been serving the people with the votes of the people in every election. Those who can't ask people to vote, those who don't have grassroots organizations - why would people vote for them?
Regrettably, the Prime Minister said, "As soon as the Awami League came to power, we have opened up private television and built a digital Bangladesh." But here is where everyone speaks one by one. Democratically, the Awami League has been formed from the grassroots; the independence of this country has come by the hands of the Awami League. The roots of the Awami League are deeply rooted in the grassroots. Despite so many killings, tortures, the Awami League is strong up to the grassroots; the Awami League is working with the support of the people to take their welfare and the country forward from power. And if you look at the list of martyrs, no one else has given so much life as a party (Awami League) for the country.